וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙ אֶת־הָֽעִבְרִיּ֔וֹת וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן עַל־הָאָבְנָ֑יִם אִם־בֵּ֥ן הוּא֙ וַהֲמִתֶּ֣ן אֹת֔וֹ וְאִם־בַּ֥ת הִ֖יא וָחָֽיָה׃
Debug: verse number 1549Edit time markers“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
/wa-y-yṓmer bᵉ yalledᵉxén ʾet hā ʿivriyyṓt ū rᵉʾītén ʿal hā ʾovnā́yim ʾim bēn hū wa hămittén ʾōtṓ wᵉ ʾim bat hī wā ḥā́yā /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- yalledᵉxén
- bear
- v √pi infcon abs + II f pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿivriyyṓt
- Hebrew
- n f pl abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- rᵉʾītén
- see
- v √qal perf II f pl
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾovnā́yim
- potter's wheel
- n m 2 abs
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- bēn
- son
- n m sg abs
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- hămittén
- die
- v √hi perf II f pl
- ʾōtṓ
- [object marker]
- prep + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- bat
- daughter
- n f sg abs
- hī
- she
- prop III f sg
- wā
- and
- cnj
- ḥā́yā
- be alive
- v √qal perf III f sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
- Predicate with subject suffix
Verbal phrase- bᵊ yalleḏᵊḵeˈn
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ hā ʕivriyyôˈṯ
- Predicate with subject suffix
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- rᵊʔîṯeˈn
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal hā ʔovnāˈyim
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - bēn
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hᵃmitteˈn
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯôˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - baṯ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hî
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥāˈyā
- Conjunction